The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Fragments: Inscription dealing with a regulation or law?

Monograph 14: Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017 (2019) Cat. 730

Date

1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman

Sardis or Museum Inv. No.

IN63.106

Material

Marble, Stone

Object Type

Inscription

Inscription Type

Fragment

Inscription language

Greek

Inscription Text

(a)		-     -     -
		]ΚΛΗ
		]ΩΝvv
		]ΩΡΑvv
	4	]ΤΕvv
		] ὑπὲρ
		]Ωvvv
		]ΕΚΛΕΦ
	8	]ΤΑΙvv
		]ΣΑΘΟ
		]ΟΥv
	           εἰ]σ̣οίσει
	12        ε]ἰς τὸ
		] ἐργα
		]ΝΔΗ
		]ΟΣΑΝ
	16	]ΕΥΘΥ
		]ΝΤΗ
		]ΣΥΝv
		]ΠΑΡΑ
	20      ἔδ]οξεν
		]ΞΕΣ
		-     -     -

(b)		-     -     -
		]ΕΙΔ[
		]ΣΚΕ[
		]ΝΨΕΤ̣[
	4	]ΤΟΥ[
		]ΩΜΙ[
		]ΣΥΝΙΣ̣[
		]Σ 𐆖 ΙΒ[
	8	]ΗΠΟ[
		]ΜΑΕΤ[
		]ΗΚΩ[
		]ΚΩ . [
	12	  ]ΤΟ[
		-     -     -

(c)		-     -     -
		]ΝΔΥ[
		]ΤΙΣ[
		]ΗΝΑ[
	4	]ΟΣ 𐆖 [
		]ΑΤΗΣ[
		]ΕΙΟΥ.[
		]ΑΦΕΞ[
	8	]ΕΙΑΥΤ̣[
		]ΤΙΣΕ[
		]ΠΟΝ[
		-     -     -

Inscription Translation

Inscription Comment

Site

Sardis

Sector

Syn

Trench

Syn 63

Locus

Syn MH Above Floor

B-Grid Coordinates

E55 / N3 - N5

Findspot

Synagogue, Main Hall.

Description

Three fragments of local marble. (a) has a portion of the right edge; (b) is broken on all sides; (c) is broken on all sides. The relative positions of the fragments in the original text is unclear.

Dimensions

Th. 0.02–0.022, H. of letters 0.01–0.012; (a) H. 0.37, W. 0.07; (b) H. 0.20, W. 0.06; (c) H. 0.18, W. 0.07.

Comments

(a) 1 A form of σύγκλητος?

3 [χ]ώρα / [χ]ώρᾳ? [δ]ῶρα?

7 Aorist I passive from κλέπτω: ἐκλέφ/[θη] (“was stolen”)?

11 [εἰ]σ̣οίσει (“…will import”) may support the assumption that the text dealt with a regulation or law; see also l. 20 [ἔδ]οξεν.

16 ΕΥΘΥ belonging to a name or adverb (see LSJ s.v. εὐθύς B)?

21 [ἀφέ]ξεσ/[θαι] (see [c] 7)? or [ἔ]ξεσ/[τιν]?

(b) 3 [λή]νψετ̣[αι] (cf. LSJ s.v. λαμβάνω), “…will receive”?

7 𐆖 symbolizes denarii. Above the ciphers IB, there is a horizontal stroke.

8 ἡ πό[λις] or [τ]ῇ πό[λει]?

10 Ligature ΗΚΩ

4 𐆖 symbolizes denarii.

7 ἀφέξ[εσθαι]? See (a) 21.

See Also

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Author

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